A U.S. delegation will current the federal government of Niger this week with detailed plans for shuttering two key American bases and withdrawing all troops, officers mentioned, because the Biden administration strikes after months of strained negotiations to adjust to the African nation’s choice to terminate a valued counterterrorism mission.
Senior Protection Division officers, together with Chris Maier, assistant secretary of protection for particular operations and low-intensity battle, and Lt. Gen. Dagvin Anderson, who oversees drive growth on the Pentagon’s Joint Workers, started talks with Nigerien officers Wednesday.